Hyper Sensitive Joy Reid Warns Viewers Before Saying the Word 'Racial Slur' 'Redskins'

Scott Whitlock | June 18, 2014
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[For more, see video cross-posted at NewsBusters.] MSNBC is the network where ex-host Martin Bashir suggested that someone defecate and urinate on Sarah Palin. Yet, the suddenly sensitive Joy Reid on Wednesday warned viewers that she was about to say the word "Redskins," what she deemed to be a "racial slur." Hours after the U.S. Patent and Trademark office had cancelled the Washington Redskins trademark registration, Reid played a clip of Senator Harry Reid attacking the team. The host fretted, "And I just warn people, he does use the name of the team. So, I'm just going to warn you guys about that in advance."